For those of you who haven’t been there, Haden is about thirty miles north-west of Toowoomba. It was described in a 1914 article in the Darling Downs Gazette as “one of the most beautiful spots on the Darling Downs” – which is true. The Gazette also claimed that “one day it will become famous as a tourist and health resort” – which, unfortunately, was only a dream.
We’ve just arrived back in Canada. Let me set the scene with a “prequel”.
Welcome to Pender Island – please leave the city behind.
When we drove off the ferry at Otter Bay a couple of days ago, these words in the Welcome to Pender Island brochure felt a bit cliched. Now, I think we’re finally starting to understand.
“Well,” she had said, “my cousin Leroy went to Osoyoos back in ‘98. He said the hardware store is way popular with them tourist fellers.” We decide that, if it’s good enough for Cousin Leroy, it’s definitely worth a try.
It’s only cold until the rain starts, then it’s cold and wet.
It’s Friday. Nanette says she loves Fridays, because we get to “do some jobs around the house”.
That’s amazing”, she says. “I’ve just put our Hervey Bay trip into my calendar and Facebook has sent me an ad for whale watching!” Uh oh, here it comes.
This blog is a bit different from my usual postings – in particular, it’s all true. It’s a bit long, so continue reading if you’re interested.
Visitors to Whistler need to bring five things – extra money, sturdy shoes, patience, a sense of adventure, and some more extra money. Workers at Whistler just need patience.
The shark is harder to see now, just a vague dark shape in the water about ten metres offshore. It seems to know that today is not its day. No easy meal of man-flesh, washed into the deep by the raging current.
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